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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Abstracts.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the story "The Comforts of Home," who kills Thomas' mother?
(a) Thomas
(b) The sheriff
(c) Star
(d) Sarah

2. In the story "The Comforts of Home," what does Thomas see as the "principle of order and the only thing that makes life bearable"?
(a) chastity
(b) intelligence
(c) family
(d) virtue

3. In the story "Judgment Day," what does Foley suspect Tanner and Coleman of doing?
(a) Running a bar
(b) Brewing bootlegged liquor
(c) Stealing his firewood
(d) Stealing his land

4. In the story "A View of the Woods," what does Mary Fortune tell her grandfather would happen to anyone who beat her?
(a) She would beat them.
(b) She would tell him about the person.
(c) She would kill them.
(d) She would report them to the police.

5. In the story "The Enduring Chill," what does Asbury try to converse with Father Finn about?
(a) death
(b) spirituality
(c) literature
(d) art

Short Answer Questions

1. In the story "The Enduring Chill," why does Asbury's sister travel to the train station with his mother?

2. In the story "Revelation," how does the doctor subdue the teenage girl?

3. In the story "A View of the Woods," what does Mary Fortune tell Fortune will happen if he leaves her in the car while he is in Tilman's?

4. In the story "Parker's Back," why does Parker not want to have his back tattooed?

5. In the story "Revelation," what does Mrs. Turpin do as she is working in the pig parlor?

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